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April 15, 1930. A. L. MENEN 1,754,477

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This invention relates to gas purifiers such purities from gases orvapors of various sorts, 'and itis particularly adaptableto uses where alarge capacity. is desired. One 'of the objects of the invention is toprovide purifying means which can be conveniently installed in lar eunits.` Another object is to arrange and istribute the apparatus so thatthe Vmost eflicient results-are arrived at. Another object is to providepurifying means which is selfl contamed and substantially independent ofthe other gas apparatus such as the steam boilerwhich is generating thegas which is to be urified. Other objects of the invention will apparentfrom aconsideration of theaccompanyi g drawings and the Afollowingdescription thereof;

Of the drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation of a purifier with a portionbroken away to show the interior mechanism; Fig. 2 is a similarelevation of the purifier rotated through an angle vof 90, and with theentire casing in section; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the purifier with,thetop of the casing removed; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of somepurifying bailles which may be used.

The purifier s stem comprises a casing 3 supported on pe estals 4, bymeans of brackets 5. The casing has a gas inlet 6 to receive the gaswhich is to be uriied, and a gas outlet 7 through which t e purified gaspasses.

In the lower ortion of the casing'is an outlet 8 through w ich liquidsand other impurities passthrough a ipe 10 into a steam trap 9 or otherdevices a aptedwto receive andV care for the liquids. The casing has alower chamber lldnt'o which the gas passes from the' inlet 6. The gasasses into the chamber 11 preferably throug a pipe 12'extend1ng lnto thecentral artl of the'chamber. 'Ihe pipe has an opening 13 in the lowerpart thereof through which the gas passes into-the chamber, the gasbeing thus delivered substantially in the central portion of thechamber, and is distributed over the cross section of the casing. The`upper portion of the casing isa chamber 14 into which the purified gaspasses on its way from the purifying elements.

The purifying elements comprise a pluralis necessary. to ass the gasinto the central portion ity'ofcasin s 1.5v in each of .which iS.mOlllted cartons of ailles 16 which .are adapted to purify, inanysuitable manner, the gas as it passes throu h. The as then passes into acentral chain r 17 in t e purifier casing and thence in to the chamber14 through outlets 18 in the upper part of the purifying `ele. ments. YThese puri ing elements may be of any suitable or or -nar form. I preferfor the pur ose those havmg trough-shaped,'baiilesl 22 ig.l 4) throughwhich the gas passes and against which solids and liquids impinge andpass downwardly into a chamber 19. From this chamber the liquids passthrough drain lpipes 20 and check valves 2l into the lower,

chamber 11. In this manner the gas as it passes through the baflies is'purified and passes out through the outlets 18 free fromv solids orliquids. I

In order to force all of the gas to pass through the purifying elements,plates 25 are mounted in the casing so as to entirely close the openingsbetween the various purifying ele- Vments 15. In this manner a partitionor found necessa to 'havethe gas pressure sub- 11 stantially u ni orm atall portions of the' purifying yelements substantially uniformthroughout. It is somewhat diflicult to produce this resultwhere a largenumber of cartons of baiiies are used as therev is a tendency -forpressure on oneside of the baiiles to' be greater at one portion of thebaliies than at others. But with my apparatus this tendency issubstantially overcome. By assin the fp the .ewa

.baiiies and to have the back pressure in the chamber 11 the pressure iscontinuously distributed throughout the entire chamber and issubstantially the same at all points on the dia hragm and hence at allpoints of the ba e inlets. And correspondingly with the back ressure onthe otheil side of the bafiles. The size of the chamber 14 insuresfairly uniform pressure throughout and hence fairly uniform backpressure at the outlets of the urifying elements, and-these outletsbeing -arge and extending substantially the full length of the purifyingelements a substantial y uniform pressure is insured in the chambers .17and hence 'at all points on the rear side of the baflles. Thearrangement also provides Ifor substantially uniform excess pressure onall of the outlet valves 21.

With this arrangement also it is possible to install a practicallyunlimited number of purifying elements without undue inconvenience andwithout disturbing the uniformity ofgas pressure on both sides of theelements. Alsothe inconvenience of installing the purifiers in theboilers, or other gas generating or separating apparatus, is entirelyelimip' nated, giving greater capacity to the gas aparatus, and avoidingthe annoyance of such installations.

Itvwill be understood details of the individual purifying elements arenot an essential part o my invention, and that modifications in thestructure shown and described could be made b those skilledin the artwithout departing rom the spirit of my invention as disclosed by thefollowing claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A' gas purifier comprising a hollow casing, a as inlet and a gasoutlet mounted in the wals of said casing, and a horizontal dia hragmmounted in said casing between sai inlet and outlet andv forming apartition between the upper 4and lower portions of the casing, saiddiaphragm having openings therein and a vertical purifying. elementmounted beneath each of said openings, said elements beingmateriallyelongated and having gas inlets' and gas outlets extendingsubstantially the full length thereof through that the nature andthereof, and gas -purifying vbafiles mounted inthe inlets of said,purifying elements.

3. A steam purifiehi comprising a hollow casing, a as inlet and a gasloutlet mounted in thel wa ls of said casing, and a horizontal diaphragmmounted in said casing between said inlet and outlet and forming apartition between the up er and lower portions of the casing, said iahragm having openings therein and puri ying elements mounted in saidopenings, said elements being materially elongated and having gas inletsand as outlets extending substantially the fullg length thereof throughwhich gas can pass from the lower sideJ of said diaphra m to the upperside thereof, gas purifyin aliles mounted in the inlets of said puriying elements,

which gas can pass from the lower side of said diaphragm to the upperside thereof.

2. A steam purifier comprising a hollow casing, a gas inlet and a gasoutlet inpunted in the walls of said casing, and a horizontal diaphragmmounted in said casing between said inlet and outlet and forming apartition between the upper and lower portions ofthe casing, saidiaphragm having openings therein and vertical purifying elements mountedbeneath said openings, said elements being materially elongatedvertically and having gas inlets and as outlets extending substantiallythe ful length thereof through which gas can pass from the lower side ofsaid diaphragm to the upper side said baffles being trough-shaped andvertically mounted.

4. A steam purifier system comprising a casing having a steam inlet anda steam outlet, a horizontal diaphragm mounted in said casing betweensaid inlet and outlet, said diaphragm having a plurality of openingstherethrough, and steam purifiers mounted in said casing, each purifierhaving a steam passageway with an outlet registering with one of saidopenings, the aggregate capacity of all the steam passageways throughsaid purifiers being many times as great as the capacity of said steamoutlet.

5. A steam purifier system comprising a hollow, casing, a steam inletand a steam outlet mounted in the walls of said casing, and a horizontaldiaphragm mounted in said cas- -ing between said inlet and outlet andforming a partition between the upper and lower portions of the casing,said diaphragm having o enings therethrough, and a steam purifier xed tosaid diaphragm adjacent each 'of the said openings and with its steamoutlet registering with the opening, and a liquid drain connected witheach of said purifiers, the aggregate capacity of said openings beingmany times as great as the capacity of the casing outlet.

6. A steam purifier comprising a hollowv casing, a gas inlet and a gasoutlet mounted in the walls of said casing, and ahorizontal dia hragmmounted in said casing between sai inlet and outlet and forming apartition between the up r and lower portions of the casing, saidiaphragm having openings therein and purifying elements mounted beneathsaid openings, and drain pipes connected with the lower portion o saidclements.

7. A steam purifier comprising a casing having a steam inlet and a steamoutlet, a

horizontal diaphragm mounted in said casing casing, aliquid outlet inthe lower end of said casing, and a pipe arranged-to conduct steam fromsaid inlet to thespace beneath the een-` tral portion of said diaphragm,the aggre# gate capacity of al1 the steam passageways throughsaid-purifying lelements bein many times as great as the capacity of saisteam outlet. y

In testimony whereof, I'hereunto set my ABRAHAM L. MENZIN,

